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• Bird flu kills 20 big cats at US animal sanctuary

  25-12-2024 22:36 via bbc.com
  
  The animals - including a Bengal tiger, cougars and bobcats - have died of the virus over the past several weeks.
  
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• Baby girl freezes to death in Gaza while Israel and Hamas argue over ceasefire

  25-12-2024 22:36
  
  Three-week-old Sila is the third baby to die from the cold in Gaza’s tent camps in recent days, according to doctorsA baby girl has frozen to death in Gaza and at least 10 people have been killed by airstrikes, while Israel and Hamas accused each other of complicating ceasefire efforts that could wind down the 14-month war.
  The three-week old baby was the third to die from the cold in Gaza’s tent camps in recent days, doctors said.The deaths underscore the squalid conditions there, w
  
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• Eight LA sheriff’s deputies fired for 2023 arrest and beating of trans man

  25-12-2024 22:16
  
  Joseph Benza III, main officer involved in incident with Emmett Brock, pleaded guilty in federal court last weekAt least eight deputies with the Los Angeles sheriff’s department have been dismissed for their roles in the arrest and beating of a transgender man in February 2023, the Los Angeles Times reports. An FBI investigation remains ongoing.Deputy Joseph Benza III, the main officer involved in the incident with then 23-year-old Emmett Brock, pleaded guilty in federal court last week to
  
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• WATCH: Video of Christmas tree illusion goes viral

  25-12-2024 21:38
  
  Interior designer Sean Michael Waters created a Christmas tree display that is going viral online and causing traffic in real life near his home in Connecticut as people stop to look.
  
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• Archbishop's Christmas sermon 'empty words', Bishop says

  25-12-2024 21:31 via bbc.com
  
  Bishop of Newcastle Helen-Ann Hartley has previously called for Stephen Cottrell to resign.
  
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• Dozens killed in Mozambique prison riot on Christmas Day

  25-12-2024 20:54
  
  Unrest at maximum security prison in the capital, Maputo, reportedly left 33 people dead and 15 injuredDozens of people were killed in a prison riot in Mozambique on Christmas Day, authorities have said.The riot, reportedly at the maximum security prison in the capital Maputo, left 33 people dead and 15 injured, according to police general commander Bernardino Rafael. Continue reading...
  
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• Officials report 29 survivors and 38 killed as plane crashes in Kazakhstan

  25-12-2024 20:49
  
  Aircraft carrying 62 passengers and five crew was en route from Baku to Grozny in Chechnya Twenty-nine people have survived after a passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines burst into flames as it crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after veering hundreds of miles off its planned route.The flight was carrying 62 passengers and five crew members with 38 killed in the crash, according to Kazakhstan’s deputy prime minister, Kanat Bozumbayev. Continue reading...
  
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• Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state

  25-12-2024 20:21
  
  Bengal tiger, cougars, a lynx and bobcats dead as disease spreads rapidly among US poultry flocks and dairy herdsTwenty big cats, including a Bengal tiger, four cougars, a lynx and four bobcats, have died after contracting bird flu at an animal sanctuary in Shelton, Washington.The big cat deaths come as bird flu, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, has spread rapidly through poultry flocks and dairy herds in the US, infected and killed domestic cats, and caused a severe illness in a person in L
  
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• WATCH: ‘Trickshot Queen’ performs the wildest basketball trick shots you’ll see

  25-12-2024 20:11
  
  Amanda Badertscherr, aka Trickshot Queen, showed off her outstanding skills by taking basketball trick shots up a few notches.
  
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• Body discovered in wheel well of United Airlines plane in Hawaii

  25-12-2024 19:33
  
  Flight left Chicago’s O’Hare airport on morning of Christmas Eve and body discovered at Hawaii’s Kahului airportPolice are investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Hawaii, the airline and the Maui police department said in statements on Wednesday.The body was found in the wheel well of one of the main landing gears on flight 202, which arrived at Kahului airport from Chicago on Tuesday, United said in an emailed
  
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• US business leaders set to break record on donations to Trump inaugural fund

  25-12-2024 19:07
  
  Donations, not restricted by campaign finance laws, come as industries seek favor with incoming administrationUS business leaders are spending big on Donald Trump’s second inaugural fund, which is predicted to exceed even the record-setting $107m raised in 2017.The donations, which are not restricted by campaign finance laws, come as industries and business leaders seek to curry favor with the incoming administration after the president-elect decisively won a second, non-consecutive term i
  
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• Zelenskyy lambastes Putin over Christmas strikes: 'What could be more inhumane?'

  25-12-2024 18:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy excoriated Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday for launching attacks against energy infrastructure on Christmas Day.Zelenskyy suggested the attacks were "inhumane," but said they would not ruin Christmas."Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack. What could be more inhumane? Over 70 missiles, including ballistic ones, and more than a hundred attack drones. The targets are our energy infrastructure. They continue to fight for a blac
  
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• Save those holiday-gift lottery tickets: Mega Millions jackpot surpasses $1bn

  25-12-2024 18:32
  
  Odds of winning jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, compared with 1 in 24 for any Mega Millions prize, and tickets cost $2The Mega Millions jackpot has surpassed $1bn after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve. That means the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing is $1.15bn, potentially the fifth-largest jackpot in the game’s history.“We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday’s drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift that would turn o
  
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• Russian cargo ship’s owner says sinking in Mediterranean was ‘act of terrorism’

  25-12-2024 16:58
  
  Three explosions caused Ursa Major to sink off Spanish coast, says company linked to Russian defence ministryA Russian cargo ship that sank on Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea was the target of an “act of terrorism”, according to the vessel’s owner.The Ursa Major sank while it was sailing through international waters between Spain and Algeria, leaving two crew members missing, Continue reading...
  
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• Finland-Estonia power cable hit in latest Baltic Sea incident

  25-12-2024 16:36
  
  The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations says sabotage can’t be ruled outAn undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia broke down on Wednesday, Finland’s prime minister said, the latest in a series of incidents involving cables and energy pipelines in the Baltic Sea.The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations, Arto Pahkin, told the public broadcaster Yle that sabotage could not be ruled out. Continue reading...
  
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• Pope Francis urges all nations to 'silence the sounds of arms' in Christmas address

  25-12-2024 15:32
  
  Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions."
  
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• Russia being blamed for Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed hundreds of miles off course, killing dozens

  25-12-2024 15:22 via foxnews.com
  
  More than 30 passengers are dead after an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, and aviation and Ukrainian officials are placing the blame for the deadly crash on Russia, reports say.The Embraer 190 passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia had 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced. As of Wednesday afternoon, those authorities said there were 38 dead and 29 injured survivors.Flight J2-8243 had flown hundreds of mil
  
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• Nicole Kidman, 'Babygirl' and the embrace of the age-gap relationship on-screen in 2024

  25-12-2024 15:00
  
  Several buzzy films this year featured women in relationships with younger men. Experts weigh in on why the age-gap romance was so popular.
  
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• Serbian students rally in Belgrade in latest protest over train station disaster

  25-12-2024 13:39
  
  Hundreds march on state prosecutor’s office to demand justice after 15 people killed when renovated roof collapsedHundreds of university students have rallied in Belgrade to protest against the policies of Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, and his ruling Serbian Progressive party (SNS), which they blame for a railway disaster last month in which 15 people died.The concrete awning of the recently renovated roof of the train station in the northern city of Novi Sad caved
  
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• Russia launches major Christmas Day attack on Ukraine’s energy system

  25-12-2024 13:39
  
  Zelenskyy describes cruise and ballistic missile strikes, which caused blackouts in several regions, as ‘inhuman’Russia-Ukraine war live – follow the latest updatesChristmas morning in Ukraine was overshadowed by a massive Russian aerial attack using cruise missiles to target energy infrastructure across the country, which Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “inhuman”.“Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas to attack. What could be more inhuman? More than 70 m
  
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• Dozens feared dead after passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan

  25-12-2024 13:34
  
  Dozens were feared dead Wednesday after a passenger plane carrying 67 people from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed in Kazakhstan, authorities said.
  
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• Pope Francis addresses Ukraine, Middle East in Christmas Day message: 'May the sound of weapons be silenced'

  25-12-2024 13:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis delivered his annual "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) Christmas message and blessing from the Vatican on Wednesday, calling for peace around the globe and an end to ongoing conflicts.The leader of the Roman Catholic Church mentioned the war between Russia and Ukraine directly and called for "the boldness needed to open the door to negotiation" during the address that serves as a summary of the woes facing the world this year."May the sound of weapons be silenced in Ukraine
  
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• A gunshot — then 'a miracle': A toddler's long recovery from an accidental shooting

  25-12-2024 13:04
  
  Three-year-old Skye McBride survived an accidental shooting. Her recovery has been a "miracle," her doctors and nurses say. But that hasn't made it any easier.
  
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• Latin America’s rise in tuberculosis linked to imprisonment rates

  25-12-2024 13:00
  
  Study warns region’s exponential rise in incarceration is fuelling the disease, with cases increasing by 19% between 2015 and 2022 High incarceration rates in Latin America – the region with the world’s fastest-growing prison population – are exacerbating tuberculosis in a region that is bucking the global trend for falling incidents of the disease, experts have warned.A study published in The Lancet Public Health journal has estimated that, contrary to previous assumptio
  
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• The British royal family's Christmas rituals close out a difficult year

  25-12-2024 12:39
  
  The King's Speech will see Charles in a former hospital chapel as he and Princess Kate mark the holiday after a year in which they were diagnosed with cancer. Prince Andrew and Prince Harry will be absent.
  
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• Squeezed by high prices, a growing number of Americans find shelter in long-term motels

  25-12-2024 12:00
  
  Melissa Krajewski used to come home from her job as a home health aide to the sounds of children pattering around the family’s three-bedroom apartment.
  
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• How climate change poses new risks to Christmas tree farms

  25-12-2024 12:00
  
  Christmas tree farms are staring down a new set of dangers, including climate change-fueled weather disasters and a shifting labor market.
  
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• Russia launches 'inhuman' Christmas Day attack, Ukraine says

  25-12-2024 11:45
  
  Many Ukrainians were celebrating without heat or power after Russia launched a Christmas Day attack on the country’s energy infrastructure, an act that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “inhuman.”
  
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• Christmas in Bethlehem celebrated under the shadow of Israel's war in Gaza

  25-12-2024 10:30
  
  Faith leaders and residents in Bethlehem are grappling with how to mark the festive holiday while fellow Palestinians continue to be killed.
  
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• US citizen imprisoned in Russia given new 15-year sentence in wake of espionage conviction

  25-12-2024 09:17 via foxnews.com
  
  A Russian-born U.S. citizen who was already behind bars in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a second sentence for espionage.Eugene Spector was sentenced to a new 15-year term for his espionage conviction, according to Russian news agencies. Spector was born and raised in Leningrad, Russia, but later moved to the U.S. and became a citizen.A Moscow court brought espionage charges against Spector in August of last year, although details surrounding the case were not made publicly avai
  
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• Mega Millions Christmas Eve drawing yields no winner as jackpot grows to $1.15 billion

  25-12-2024 07:31
  
  No winner came forward on Christmas Eve to claim the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot, but a handful of people will still be looking at a ho-ho-whole lot of green.
  
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• Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu wishes a merry Christmas to Christians around the world

  25-12-2024 06:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wished Christians worldwide a merry Christmas and thanked the Christian community for its support amid the Jewish state's ongoing conflicts with terror groups.Netanyahu published a video message on Christmas Eve on his account on the social media platform X."My dear Christian friends, as you gather with your family and friends this Christmas, I wish the Christian community in Israel and around the world blessings for a Merry Christmas from the Holy Land,
  
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• Two reporters and a police officer killed in shooting at Haiti hospital reopening

  25-12-2024 04:57
  
  Gunmen target press conference at Haiti’s largest public hospital after street gangs forced its closure earlier this yearTwo reporters and a police officer were killed and others injured on Tuesday when armed men opened fire on a group of journalists who gathered for a government press conference scheduled to announce the reopening of Haiti’s largest public hospital.Street gangs forced the closure of the State University of Haiti hospital early this year and authorities had pledged t
  
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• Congress members urge Biden to exonerate Black civil rights leader Marcus Garvey

  25-12-2024 01:03
  
  Congress members urged President Joe Biden to exonerate civil rights leader Marcus Garvey.
  
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• The bald eagle is officially America's national bird after Biden's signature

  25-12-2024 00:45
  
  The bald eagle has landed in U.S. Code as President Joe Biden signed a bill Tuesday making the predator the official national bird.
  
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• How climate change is making white Christmas a rare event

  25-12-2024 00:24
  The idea of a white Christmas is becoming rarer with climate change on the rise. NBC News’ Dylan Dreyer reports.
  
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